Rotary album



No. 623,603. Pate Mad Apr. '25, I899.

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ROTARY ALBUM.

(Application filed June 10, 1898.)

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES:

ATENT Fines.

GEORGE HEIMLIOH, OF SYRACUSE, NEI/V YORK.

ROTARY ALBUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,603, dated April 25, 1899.

Application filed June 10, 1898.

cabinets for holding and displaying photographs or other pictures.

My object is to produce such a cabinet by -which I am enabled to display several pictures at a time or groups of pictures successively; and to that end my invention consists in the several new and novel features of construction and operation hereinafter described and which are specifically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front View of my cabinet complete mounted upon legs, the legs being broken away. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, a portion of the cover being removed, showing the interior mechanism. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of one of the folding picture-holders.- Fig. 4 is a vertical section of one-half of the interior of the cabinet.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

a is a circular body having an opening a in front affording a view of the interior, the body being supported by legs a or in any other suitable manner and is provided with a removable top I). The opening a may also be provided with a cover or door for the pur-.

ture to the body or providing it with an opening and securing the picture to the back of Serial No. 683,093. (No model.)

it, so that it may be observed through the opening. Two of these picture-holders are hinged together at d, at their adjacent ends, and are hinged or loosely secured together at their outer ends to the upright or support 6. The upright e is an ordinary rectangular piece of wood or similar material slightly curved in horizontal cross-section, as shown in Fig. 3, the lower end adaptedto travel in the groove 0. I provide the cabinet with as many of these picture-holders, secured together as above described, as the cabinet will conveniently hold, so that by moving the uprights 0 apart I throw the picture-holders in the position shown in Fig. 3, where they may be viewed. When it is desired to pass this by, I move one of the uprights toward the other, when it folds up, as shown in Fig. 2. The uprights may then be pressed against one another, and as they pass aroundin the groove a new group will be presented to view.

The rear ends of the picture-holders are supported by'an upright c or in any other suitable manner.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A cabinet, having an opening in one of its faces, a bottom provided with an annular groove, and picture-holders hinged together at their adjacent ends, and hinged to uprights, adapted to travel in said groove, as set forth.

2. A cabinet, comprising a body having an opening in one of its faces, and a bottom having an annular groove, picture-holders provided with means for holding pictures, hinged together at their adjacent ends, the opposite ends being hinged to uprights, said uprights being adapted to travel in said groove, and means for supporting the inner ends of the picture-holders,substantially as described for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of May, 1898.

GEORGE I-IEIMLIOH. 

